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Just in time for winter, Dodge has unveiled an all-wheel-drive version of its Challenger GT. The resulting vehicle, capable of baking up endless amounts of snow donuts, will retail for just under $35,000. Dodge calls the new vehicle “the world’s first and only all-wheel-drive American muscle coupe.”...

Only 38 models were awarded the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's designation of Top Safety Pick+, down from 48 on the initial list for the 2016 model year. Toyota led all automakers with nine winners. Honda Motor Co. was second with five. Among U.S. automakers, only three models earned...

There are countless things we do for a thrill: riding waves, roller coasters, animals — all go beyond the boundaries of safety into the thrilling unknown. So it is with the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, an all-new Italian sports sedan that is less extreme than other thrills but so much more stylish....

The crossover craze continues to grow and it won't be slowing any time in the near future. Toyota, Ford, Subaru, Jeep and Volkswagen are all showing new crossovers and SUVs at this week's Los Angeles Auto Show. Even traditional luxury car makers like Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are debuting SUVs at...

Fully redesigned for 2017, the second generation Mazda CX-5 compact crossover will come with three available SKYACTIV engines, including a 2.2-liter diesel expected in the U.S. later in 2017. Accounting for 25 percent of global sales, the CX-5 is Mazda's most important vehicle, and it continues...

The third model in Alfa Romeo's resurgent American lineup is the all-new 2018 Stelvio sport SUV. Named after the famed Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, Stelvio uses a 2-liter turbo four-cylinder engine delivering 280 horsepower and 306 pound-feet of torque. All-wheel drive is standard in the performance-oriented...

Ford made snaps late Monday when it used Snapchat to reveal the EcoSport subcompact crossover in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Show. The use of Snapchat, a social media messaging app popular with millennials and the subsequent Generation Z, to reveal a vehicle was a first, according to Ford,...

Honda does not always get it right. Note the first-generation Odyssey, which was panned as the "Oddity," the debut of the ugly Ridgeline pickup, and the bland compromise known as the previous-generation Civic. For the most part, buyers have forgiven those exceptions, keeping the Civic compact sedan,...

Volkswagen has reached an agreement with U.S. environmental regulators to fix or buy back around 80,000 Audi, VW and Porsche vehicles with tainted 3-liter diesel engines, nearing a resolution on a key aspect of the emissions-cheating scandal, people familiar with the discussions said. Under an...

Allegations of cheating pollution standards have reached U.S. automakers as Chrysler was sued by consumers who said engines in some Dodge trucks were rigged to hide that emissions were as much as 14 times higher than permitted by law. Similar claims have been made against German carmakers. Volkswagen...

Toyota will pay up to $3.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by U.S. pickup truck and SUV owners whose vehicles lacked adequate rust protection. Court filings show that the settlement reached on October 31 covers 1.5 million vehicles, dealing a financial blow to the Japanese automaker...